Fowlerville man faces indecent exposure charges

A 38-year-old Fowlerville man has been arraigned on charges alleging he exposed himself to motorists in Bloomfield Township.

Ryan Daniel Daves was arraigned Saturday on a charge of aggravated indecent exposure by a sexually delinquent person. Bond was set at $10,000 cash and if he is released, he must be electronically monitored.

Daves returns to 48th District Court in Bloomfield Hills on May 4.

Sgt. James Gallagher of the Bloomfield Township Police Department said the investigation began when a group of women driving on Telegraph Road near Maple Road at around 1 p.m. April 18 reported that a man in a light-colored sport utility vehicle made sexual gestures to get the women’s attention and then exposed himself while driving alongside their vehicle.

They described the man as 25 years old to 35 years old with brown hair, goatee and wearing glasses.

Gallagher said Thursday that investigators released photographs the women took, which immediately resulted in “several tips” from private citizens as well as additional victims in both Livingston and Wayne counties.

“There were at least five reported incidences,” the sergeant said. “I was shocked to get those additional (incidences).”

One woman who was the target of Daves’ alleged behavior took a photograph of his license plate, which led to Daves, Gallagher said.

Gallagher said in none of the reported incidences did Daves contact or touch a woman since the suspect and victims were traveling in separate vehicles on the major thoroughfares.

Officers arrested Daves on Friday in Highland Township without incident, the sergeant noted, declining to release any details on whether Daves made a statement to police.